Connect state

Connect state In the Connect state, BGP is waiting for the TCP connection to be formed. Once
the connection is successfully completed, the BGP speaker clears the ConnectRetry timer, completes
initialization, sends an OPEN message to the remote BGP speaker, and transitions its
state to OpenSent. If the TCP connection is not successfully formed, the BGP speaker restarts
the ConnectRetry timer, continues to listen for an attempted connection from the remote BGP
speaker, and transitions its state to Active. If the ConnectRetry timer expires, the BGP speaker
resets the timer, initiates a TCP session, continues to listen for an attempted connection from the
remote BGP speaker, and stays in the Connect state. If any other type of events causes an error,
the BGP speaker closes the TCP connection and transitions its state to Idle. All BGP start events
are ignored in the Connect state.